Ducati can’t wait furter to the Catalunya GP to decide riders

The Ducati has a set deadline to make a decision on the future colleague of Andrea Dovizioso. The continuity of Jorge Lorenzo is still possible, but in recent days have been rumored that the choice may fall on one of the Pramac riders. That is why the deadline to decide is set to June 30th.

Considering that the opt clauses on Danilo Petrucci and Jack Miller end at the end of next month, Paolo Ciabatti told AS that is the deadline for deciding: ‘We have a decision to make in June because the options we have with Danilo and with Jack expire on June 30th. Between Mugello and Catalunya we will decide’.

Faced with the opinion of Andrea Dovizioso, who considers normal for Petrucci or Miller to become his future colleague, the official commented: ‘It’s more because Dovizioso knows that Ducati has no budget for the riders as it has in these two years. It is more a general consideration, by the level of the other rider’s salary. Everyone knows that Jorge was the highest paid rider in MotoGP history and after a significant improvement for Andrea, we don’t have the possibility of paying another rider like we did with Jorge’.

That said, Ciabatti doesn’t rule out giving the spaniard a lucrative bond for sporting purposes and with a low salary base, but stressed that the discussion of renewal goes beyond the financial side: ‘Why not? The most important thing to make a decision is, before talking about money, to know that the work done gives a good result. If we can’t solve this situation, we will always see races like those at Le Mans, which are neither Jorge’s level nor the ones he wants’.

The manager added: ‘We have a two-day test in Barcelona. It’s Michelin because of the new asphalt, but we can try to see what’s missing and we’ll see in Mugello, even if we have to wait for Barcelona, ​​we’ll wait. But we can’t expect more than that, also out of respect for the other riders, who have the possibility to go to another team and have to be free to do so’.